possibly a hurricane at that point, then it makes a transition into a non-tropical storm and the wind and rain will be more widespread once it makes landfall and our area will be affected. that includes flooding from the heavy rain, a gusty wind contributing to flooding and also way full moon on monday with astronomical high tide. at the moment, it is beautiful. sunshine, upper 60's. it will stay mild during the night. very quiet weather as we head through tomorrow and saturday. sunday monday, tuesday, monday and tuesday especially, the greatest impact from sandy. >> just in case, people are preparing. we have pictures from the dominican republic and cuba that indicate what is coming.

the worst. jennifer donelan is live in northeast washington with an important detail to try to prevent flooding. >> yesterday we saw a lot of apathy. today, a lot more concerned. this time of year, this is the major problem. we have leaves all over the place and we have storm drains and these leaves in the storm drains mean we will have clogged drains. in college park, pepco crews were ahead of what may or may not be a power blowout from hurricane sandy. >> i am very concerned about it. >> pepco's presents down the street was welcome. >> i am concerned for the children. >> pepco said it had already begun preparations ahead of sandy's arrival. 400 outside contractors are already in the region trying to improve reliability. pepco said they are adding to

their personal in case they're needed. and the extra workers will be on duty this weekend. frustrating flooding such a massive problem this summer, d.c. water sent a number of crews today to check the source system. they also hit trouble spots in every climate of the city. >> make sure that i am prepared in the basement and are tenants are prepared and ready to put their furniture out on bricks. >> eric was among the first wave of customers buying generators at the home depot in the district. others were buying batteries. >> i am paying attention now. >> the beautiful fall colors it could spell trouble in the coming days, especially when they are right into the streets. montgomery county authorities are urging residents to sign up for their other system ahead of

the storm. there is a link to that on our website, wjla.com. jennifer donelan, abc 7 news. >> we are live from bethany beach, to see how people along the shore are preparing for the potential for kaine sandy visit. as always, go to our website for updates day or night. >> a formica midcounty swim coach is in police custody, charged with abusing a swimmer on 18 years ago. natasha barrett has why the police chose not to arrest richard curl. >> in the investigations like this, it is all about timing, getting the victims' stories together, and taking time to talk to people who were there at that time, back in the 1980's. behind me, georgetown prep school, where the swim team had its practices, and we're talking about richard curl, very well known across the nation, running one of the largest swim clubs

and the washington, d.c. area, and even coached a gold medalist in the olympics. following weeks of speculation of alleged sexual abuse 63- year-old richard curl left his home in vienna and went morning. >> everybody trusted him and that trust was broken. >> kelly spoke with abc 7 news in july, accusing curl of sexually abusing her when she was 13, on the swim team in the 1980's. she claimed the inappropriate relationship included sex several times. sometimes at georgetown prep school where the swim practice was held. curl's attorney released this statement today --

currin says she finally spoke out because curl tried to pay off her family to keep quiet and she is now worried more victims are out there. >> i feel guilty constantly because i have not done anything to protect others. >> at this point, usa swimming has not released a statement in regards to what the victim's attorney just said. as far as mr. curl, he has a hearing scheduled in montgomery county in november. that natasha barrett, abc 7 news. >> at least one lane of route 1 is open in howard county after a horrible crash that left three people dead. it happened at 6:00 this morning on route 1. investigators say that a

chevrolet traveling north at a high rate of speed struck a southbound tractor-trailer. the truck driver was trying to turn left across the highway. the truck driver was not hurt. the accident shut down route 1 near elkridge nearly five hours. >> in maryland mother and son have been acquitted of charges that contributed to the deaths of three teenagers including their own family member. the case hinged on who bought alcohol. horace holmes has what happened in court today. >> there was no jury in this trial and the defense did not call one witness though after the prosecution rested its case, the judge issued a very quick verdict. debby franco left the courthouse, her son joshua at her side, acquitted after they were acquitted of providing alcohol at a party that led to this horrible accident that killed her daughter and three others. >> this was a complete tragedy

but it was also a tragedy they were charged as part of this unfortunate incident. >> the accident happened on january 27. a car driven by britney walker with three other passengers inside travelled the wrong way on interstate 97 and route 50 in anne arundel county until it plowed into a car driven by 55- year-old terry davis. occupants of both cars died. in court the prosecution called a stream of witnesses, most of them teenagers. they said there was a drinking party at the franco home, which was for breanna who had returned home from germany. witnesses say there were beer at the party and they're charging $5 to drink. the mother and her adult son or at home at night. >> think about what they have gone through. they have lost their daughter, breanna, in this crash.

today brought back terrible memories. >> there was also no evidence in court today the driver of the car, britney walker, was ever at the franc live from glen burnie, horace holmes, abc 7 news. >> two groups of protesters with opposing views on gay marriage rally outside of gallaudet university in support of its diversity chief, angela mccaskill, who was placed on administrative leave after signing a petition putting same- sex marriage on november's november ballot. >> mccaskill's attorney and the university say negotiations are ongoing. they said the conversations are moving in the right direction and they say it is extremely likely she will get her job back but first they need to resolve issues like mccaskill's safety and the hateful messages she has been getting. outside gallaudet university's southgate, a few dozen organized

protesters called for the immediate reinstatement of the chief of diversity, angela mccaskill. >> we cannot trade one form discrimination for another form of discrimination. in a free society, people have the right to their personal beliefs. even if it makes us uncomfortable. >> down the street more protestors who oppose same-sex marriage held their own rally. >> it is up to the voters to make that decision. >> many students and staff members stood nearby and observed. mccaskill did not turn to, but mccaskill did not attend, but her attorney said the university must provide her safety and possibly provide financial compensation for the irreparable harm she says she has received. >> this has harmed her reputation and how that will be restored. >> mccaskill shared some of the email she has been receiving

attacking her, some of them racially charged. a gallaudet spokesperson said that her employment status remains unchanged. in a letter to the community the president said the university administration has had productive meetings with it lgbt students and students of color and staff. >> 12 days until the election and the race for the white house appears to be in a dead heat. president obama was in richmond, va., this afternoon. today the president received endorsements from former secretary of state: pal. and the washington post. -- colin poweel and the washington post. paul ryan was also in virginia today, speaking at a rally in bristow.

tonight he speaks in charlottesville. romney on a bus tour of ohio holding an event this morning in cincinnati. he will speak at a rally tonight in defiance. at 6:00, more details on both campaigns. >> first coming up, what a secret service agent in charge of keeping the vice president safe is now behind bars. >> two child booster seats safety experts advise parents to stay away from. >> i am shocked and surprised. >> why was a convicted sex offender allowed to speak at a local family festival? >> and will sandy take all of the sand?

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everyone is watching hurricane sandy. people along the maryland and delaware beaches could be in the target area. >> brad bell is live in bethany beach with how people are preparing. >> a beautiful day at bethany, but a number of walking the boardwalk. just about every one of them has asked the same thing, expressing concern, what will this storm due to the town and the beach? we found carol enjoying the sand of bethany beach. she is spending her first off- season living here. for her, talk of a perfect storm is upsetting. >> i love that the way it is. i hate to see it disappear. >> she remembers the scenes from a hurricane turned nor'easter in november to 009. -- 2009. it virtually wiped out the beach

and there was widespread flooding from the bay side as the high wind pushed the high tide at inland. it took more than two years to rebuild the beach and sand dunes. tonight, there was fear it would happen again. this person is running a boardwalk toy store for the weekend. that concerns me because i have not been down the beach for any of the storms. we have always been in land more and i will be concern for the stores. >> this person owns for apparel shops. >> concerned that it may do some damage. >> for now, she is hopeful that sandy will take some peach and sand dunes but leave the buildings alone, like the storm she says haoles have. >> -- but the storms always have. >> not once have we had any water damage, so hopefully this will be the same. >> behind me, some call beach grass and very short speech

crashed. that transition marks the point where in 2009 and everything was washed away. it all had to be rebuilt. the hope is this storm does not do the same thing all over again. brad bell, abc 7 news. >> what are the odds? >> right now, if you look at the evidence, could make the case that the work speech defect damage will be in north atlantic city, coney island. we're talking about something that will be monday tuesday time frame. a lot of things could change based on the guidance. but looking at things around here, with the animation. the rooftop camera in arlington cloudy during the day, then the sun came out. but low 70's, very nicely thursday afternoon. 71 degrees alexandria, high of 72. closer to the southeast u.s., of picking up the effect of sandy

already. homestead air force base, fla., 75 degrees. wind gusts of 52 heavy rain. this pattern will move. the storm is moving quickly but will slow down once it makes landfall and will be a protractor long, slow moving system. but not the next few days. meantime not bad. 60's, low 70's, some sunshine. the wind will be out of the east and southeast, bringing the low- level moisture. overnight, clouds, patchy fog, drizzle commonplace. right now, all of the sunshine very warm temperatures. 83 charleston, 80 degrees and asheville, 76 indianapolis. on the other side of this cold front, blue or minnesota and the low 30's. this will be a key player, this trough of low pressure, the leading edge, a very strong upper level low associated with

it, and that will make this happen in the next several days involving sandy. for the moment, not a lot of stormiest. with the leading edge of the cold front is still back to the west. the next few days, more cloudiness slowing coolly -- slowly cooling temperatures, and then the effects of sandy. over the bahamas, the rain shield expanding, the cloud sheield goes well over a thousand miles. this is pretty much following the warm water of the gulf stream and it will be slow to deteriorate. this is the national hurricane center storm track through southern new jersey. it could be south or north of there. that is kind of the center line. the storm will be so big that the exact center line will not have an eye. these are the spaghetti plots some of them.

they all turned in time. some bring it into the atlantic city some further north. we have one at out liar, the european model that brings it over delmarva. the computer model guidance suggests sunday night through tuesday will be the time frame, somewhere in the mid-atlantic southern went to coast. even in our area, heavy rain, strong wind, possible power outages, localized flooding. all of these are possibilities as we move through monday and tuesday of next week. the seven-day, the temperatures drop. monday and tuesday, it will be windy and cold. the closer the storm center gets to us, the worst the effects. the farther to the east and north that it goes the less the effects. i don't see any way that we don't get something out of this. it will be rain and gusty wind, no matter what. that is just a question of how severe it will be. >> stay in touch.

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>> a u.s. secret service agent and is in custody tonight accused of abusing a family member. >> he was on vice president joe biden's detail and now he is in a jail cell. >> before his arrest monday, he had been on assignment in boca raton, fla., the site of the final presidential debate between president obama and met romney. the young girl is with other family members. his job was to protect america's

second most powerful man in the world. now he is accused of taking advantage of a young girl who had no protection. >> it is a shock to me. >> i am very surprised. >> it was in this woodbridge neighborhood where prince william county police are arrested him, charging him with three counts of aggravated sexual battery and three counts of taking indecent liberties with a child and his custody, a 14-year-old girl, is relative. >> that is scary. >> according to the police, that happened on three separate occasions between august and october. he was arrested monday and remains in jail in manassas. he also wrote corroborate the story to the police, but only after she reported it. as a secret service agent, the 51-year-old was assigned to the vice president and washington. this person lives near him and

does not know him, and frankly does not care if he works for the circus circus -- for the secret service or not. that it does not matter what kind of job he has, it is wrong. >> a spokesperson said the agency is aware of his arrest and he remains on administrative leave, pending legal action. it would not say if he was being paid or not. cuellar is in jail, and his next court appearance is out in december. >> still ahead, which car booster seats are the safest. >> an i team investigation discovers a convicted child sex offender allowed to speak at a county of kent with children. -- at a county event with we had a good group of people. good group of employees out there. this was a booming place. and mitt romney and bain capital turned it in to a junk yard. i was suddenly, 60 years old. i had no health care.

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>> the police are searching for two two suspects. >> the shooting happened in the middle of the day on benning road in northeast washington. sam ford has to the police are looking for tonight. >> it was during the noon time our and the body laid over by the telephone poles as the police looked for evidence in the case. he was a familiar case in this enclave of northwest washington known as river terrace, known by everyone. they stood in small groups in liquor store parking lots and along the street staring at a tragedy. the death of a young man that everybody in the neighborhood knew as buck. >> nicehguy. -- nice guy. i am upset. >> i am still in shock. this is crazy. >> hard-working, comrade

confidante. >> the police say that two men and a toyota camry with tinted windows drove up on the victim as he walked along 36th street. >> all i heard was gunshots. >> if anybody knows who was in this area today, any information that you can give us would be helpful. >> his friends say he just turned 31, grew up in this neighborhood, where he had many friends. >> the perpetrators that did this, i hope bad things happen to them. >> many people say that buck was someone who never did anything to anybody. the police are seeking the public's help to determine who killed him this afternoon. 7 news. >> prince george's county police have just held a news conference where they announced two suspects involved in a high- speed chase that killed an officer has now been indicted in his death.

officer adrian morris died in august after he lost control of his cruiser chasing a pair of suspects. the two men are also facing felony theft charges. and at a news conference, we learn a former fbi agent charged with a deadly car crash has been found guilty on all counts. prosecutors say adrian johnson was intoxicated and speeding when his car crashed into another vehicle near brandywine last year. an 18-year-old died and his best friend seriously injured. maximum of 13 years in prison. >> time to look at the other top stories, a former olympic swim coach has been banned from the sport for life and has surrendered to montgomery county police. rick curl is charged with one count of child abuse, based on allegations he had an ongoing sexual relationship with a young swimmer in the 1980's. >> a mother and son have been found not guilty of giving alcohol to minors were killed in

a car crash. debbie and joshua franco were charged with furnishing alcohol to three teenagers were killed in january when their car crashed into another vehicle on route 50 in crofton. the other driver died as well. >> preparations underway after learning the path hurricane sandy could include the d.c. metro area next week. right now it is barreling across the bahamas and has been blamed for 4 deaths. everyone on the east coast is keeping an eye on sandy's path including world news. just like us, i know that you are focusing on at sandy which seems to be turning into a much bigger deal. >> they are calling it an unprecedented perfect storm. what we think it will happen -- what we think will happen by the time it gets to washington. our extreme weather team is also

out in force on the coast. >> also, your "real money" series, a topic that we all want to see? >> tonight something around your house that you did not even use that could be worth up to $800. what is and how to get that real money. >> we will all check for that as soon as we find out what it is. those stories and much more on world news right after abc 7 news at 6:00. >> right now we check on the traffic situation. >> delays on 395 southbound past washington boulevard accident activity off to the right shoulder. further south, glebe road, an earlier accident in the hov lanes. that has been cleared, but the residual delays are still around. northbound george washington parkway, near spout run parkway

slow traffic, left lane blocked. the outer loop of the beltway in maryland heading into virginia across the american legion bridge, slow from the i-270 super towards arlington boulevard. the inner loop delays towards the i-270 spur and university boulevard on the inner loop, where an earlier accident has been wrapped up. i-270 northbound, near 121 torrance urbana, earlier accident on georgia avenue inside the beltway has been wrapped up. the travel lanes now open. >> still to come, why hundreds of people are rallying in college park tonight. >> "clout at liz" hopes to put some wow back into the movies. >> and at 6:00, an internal update to the statue of liberty.

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>> three hours long. i don't have that much time left myself. still, six stories over three hours, with mixed results. past present, and future connect in "cloud atlas." >> that is it, the music from my dream. >> this is a matchup of six plots. the publisher is locked into a nursing home to overweighed the thugs, and he also plays an old composer who takes advantage of a younger, more talented musician. halle berry adds interest as a 1970's and investigative reporter while tom hanks struggles under a load of silly looking makeup and a sci-fi story that falls flat. another futuristic story borrows

from "blade runner" with better success. "cloud atlas" takes three hours mixed results, r-rated, 2.5 stars,. but hey,. it is different. next week brings denzel washington as an alcoholic pilot. i think you'll hear a lot about that movie "flight." that is worth remembering. >> how about the in-flight movie? >> no, this thing will not. >> 7 psychopaths. anybody that we know? >> some of them are friends of yours. >> no doubt. >> coming up, an investigation to its results after we find out a paroled sex offender was at a local event

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found he was a guest speaker at a festival for families. and he gave a presentation to children at the festival. >> that is right scott says he was invited to be part of a presentation. we went straight to his parole officer to find out why he was given permission to attend. after pressing for answers, just hours ago he was handcuffed and put under arrest. officials are now scrambling to explain how it all happened. this man in overalls and a straw hat is a three-time convicted sex offender. paroled in june, this felony child molester is to steps away from children at a fairfax county festival in september where he was a guest speaker. >> your part of a living history presentation? >> that is right. i was talking about the end.

>> it gives you a creepy feeling, makes you wonder whether everyone is to win their job. >> he was invited to the festival to give a speech about his time as an inmate at the former lord reformatory. it is now a fairfax county park where he spent part of an 18- year sentence for sodomizing a boy. he spoke with hundreds of guests including children. the fairfax county park authority advertised it as family friendly, but one facebook post within two weeks before it was the only public notification we found that the former inmates would be there. and the county admits it never looked into the nature or severity of the offender's crimes. >> i am shocked surprised disappointed and the county they did not do the background checks. >> when we started asking questions, officials called for an internal investigation.

>> the county attorney's office and other appropriate staff are checking into what happened and why. >> but it was not just fairfax county. recent parole supervisors in d.c. gave him permission to attend, even though his parole condition strictly prohibit any direct contact with minors. why would a federal agency allow him to violate his parole? we went to his parole officer to find out come up the refuse to answer any of our questions. >> we issued a statement and i have been advised not to say anything further. >> when he was paroled he had to sign a document acknowledging he cannot have a direct contact with miners even in public. but he says he did nothing wrong. >> there is not a problem for me. i was never alone with anybody. >> tonight, he is in a d.c. jail while he awaits a hearing for

violating his parole. his parole could be revoked and he could be sent back to prison or they could even take action against the parole officer who allowed him to attend the festival in the first place. >> 7 on your side with the best child booster seat rankings on record. the insurance institute for highway safety ranks 13 of 17 -- 15 of 17 boosters as best bets. only two models were not recommended, the safety first all in one and the alpha omega leap. find complete rankings right now on wjla.com. >> scandal tonight and prime time. while olivia looks for a missing college student the first couple's marital problems deepened. >> tell the press the pregnancy is making me toss and turn.

tell them you have been staying up late in bed to come up with new ways to keep america safe and democratic and free. >> "scandal" at 10:00, followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. >> let's see what we have coming up at 6:00. >> maureen bunyan has a look ahead. >> we will continue to look at preparations for whatever comes from hurricane sandy, at 6:00. and once again today a swing state having lots of events in virginia. abc 7 is was there to talk to voters as we count the days until the election. we hope to see you then. >> thank you. we have to take another look at the weather. >> and a lot going on. what is the latest? >> sandy is still a category 2

hurricane, 105 m.p.h. wind, the western pommells. the official track takes it this way and that, potentially making landfall. where it makes landfall is important, but not as important as the strength and size when it changes into this hybrid. the way we see it now, 7% chance that part of our area or all of the area will be dealing with heavy wind and high rain. even a chance that could be historic flooding in some areas. a small chance it will pass by. one thing you can do if you are concerned about this, and i have heard some people who are by some nonperishable food if you were afraid of losing power, batteries, candles ready, break leaves from the storm drains. and the best thing to do is to keep updated on wjla.com/weather. the marine corps marathon sunday morning will be cloudy, a little

bit of a breeze, chance of rain, 60 degrees at race time. temperatures drop into the 50's, cloudy and result overnight. back into the 60's. the probabilities the next several days, monday and tuesday, the best chance of heavy rain, a gusty wind, very chilly temperatures. wjla.com something we put on the website a little bit ago, a new blog about a hurricane and the possible effects through the viewing area. >> thank you. the entire month of october pink has been on almost everything in the nfl except one team. that change this weekend when pink panther leaf flags will be used. the suggestion was made to the commissioner by a school child whose sister has ever disease that keeps our from being able to walk or talk. >> i want her to be able to do

things that she cannot do now. >> it will be at sunday's game to present the new pink flags to the referees in person. . all because he wrote a letter. good for him. >> great idea. >> what is going on tonight? >> the redskins are trying to keep everybody together. the redskins are showing only a shadow of themselves, changing the line up dramatically because of injuries. garcon's injury is a terror in his foot that is like a spring. he is the $42 million off-season acquisition. and the defense is missing several players. and possibly even london fletcher. london fletcher was not on the field today, breaking news in its own right. >> it is crazy. he does the necessary things. >> fletcher is nursing an

injured hamstring and dealing with what mike shanahan calls balance issues. fletcher is the nfl's iron man playing in 231 consecutive games, longest current streak in the league. cal ripken jr.'s streak was over 2600 games, but fletcher please middle linebacker and the national football league perhaps the physically most demanding position in all sports and his longevity is phenomenal. iron man. what does that mean to you? >> being dependable, comfortable. your teammates know each and every sunday each and you'll be out there playing with them. >> the 37-year-old has played every game since his rookie season in 1998. >> it would be weird to play without him but hopefully he can keep going. >> should that streak come to an end sunday, there will be a huge void in the middle. >> i am not a betting man, but i

think he will be there. >> san francisco took a giant step forward in the world series, beating the tigers' 8-3 game 1 of the best of seven. all anybody has been talking about today was pablo sandoval, three home runs and the world series game. pujols did it last year, reggie jackson in 1977, and babe ruth did it twice. sandoval looked like the babe last night. the second game is tonight. >> that is incredible. thank you. coming up next -- >> students rally at the university of maryland.

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get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message.

>> supporters of the dream act hope to convince a majority of

voters in maryland to go along with them this election day. >> the referendum will determine whether a legal immigrants will get the benefits of in-state tuition. stephen tschida is at a rally that just wrapped up. >> we heard from political leaders, students, and the legal immigrants, all here to rally for question 4 on the maryland ballot, the dream act. >> we have to pass the dream act. them at the rally illegal immigrants showed up. they believe the path to a better life in the u.s. is education. francisco came to the states illegally as a baby, without in- state tuition he will not have his shot at the american dream. >> it means being able to attend a school and pay for ed and achieve my goal of becoming a finance minister. >> supporters say the immigrants are not going anywhere, so legal

or not, they may as well get a shot at becoming a better educated president, even if it comes at the expense of taxpayers. >> i have family and friends that are illegal immigrants and i believe everybody is entitled to an education, whether you are an illegal immigrant or not. >> the issue was copter braziel. some say residents questioned be wisdom of giving them discounted tuition. but even those out of state to pay out-of-state tuition -- >> of $41,000 per year. >> think it is fine to give a legal state tuition break. and if they go to high school in the area, there is no reason not to give them in state tuition. >> we did not find much opposition at the university of maryland, there is opposition across the state. question 4 will be closely watched on election day. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. >> that is abc 7 news at 5:00.

stick around, we have the latest on hurricane sandy right now on abc 7 news at 6:00. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good evening. the big story, heads up, getting ready for what could be an historic storm. >> hurricane sandy is making its way through the bahamas pounding parts of the caribbean overnight. one person was killed in jamaica and hundreds of homes were damaged. the impact is already being felt along the beaches of florida, kicking up big waves and rain. it will be a rough several days along the east coast as the storm goes through some unique changes. >>